Apparatus for hanging wall-paper.



PATEN'TED JULY 4, 1905. R. STILWELIL. A APPARATUS F00. HANGING WALL PAPER.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 27,1904.

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lipplieatinn filed July 27, 1904:. Serial Nm 213,441A

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nlle i t `known that l, ltor. nn'r ij'rrmvnnn, a ei ti- Zen ol5 the llniteil imitation, residing' at 'ili'iddy, inthe eonnty ol? ili'lorris and State ele Kansas, have in rentei'l eertain new and useful ln] provementay in /lippfn'aftns `lor lllane'ing `llf:ill-llaper, olE whieh the following' ia a Speeilieation.

lilly il'ivention relates to irnprovelneiits in apparatus lfor applying' wall-paper to eeiline'a walls, ete., my oh'iect heine' to provide invano lor Ylaoilitntine' the operation ol' papering' apartments and wherehy this worh may he perl'orn'led without the nee olE step-ladders, Malloma or other expediente eonnnonly eniployed hy paper-hai12ers to ,eet within reach o't the ceilings and the opper portions ol the wal la.

ln order that the invention may he l'nlly nmlnrstood, reference will new he made to the a zonnianying drawinglnn in whichAMA ligure l Shown the manner in whiel'i the api'iaratnn is nsed in applying' the paper to a wall. lfig. 2 is a detail lront elevation ol a holder For Supporting' one end olj the paper while being applied to the wall or ceiling'` with the handle hrolien away. liig. 3 is a side elevation oli saine. litio'. it is; a plan view el the device employed `lor pressing' the paper against the wall. Fie'. 5 is a Side elevation olf the saine.

ln eaid drawings1 l. di'iniognatea` the holder lor holding' the wall-pa|-ier in position preparatory to pr inning' it against the wall, and it eonlpriaes a erossdiead f2 For engaging' the panierT a Seniieirenlzn' hloelir 3, seenred to the under Central portieri ot the heath and a handle ft, Secured in a eentrally-diposod .aoeliet 5 in the onder Side of bleek 3. The @idea7 ol `Crosiahead 2 and bleek 3 converge toward their upper portions to present a col'mnira- 'tiynl y narrow upper snrlaee (3 to the wall-psr per and a hroai'l lnnlersnrl'aee 7 So the hloel: will not he nndiiily weakened hy Socket Ft 'lille deriee 'for preaiiine' the paper against the wall eompriaea a erona--head it fpizidrantahaiml 'in erosss-seetion; a hloek it secured to the rixntrafl portion ol the eroSS-lnnid in order to reil'rloree the latter; a handle i0, engagii'ie; an inclined aoelfet in the hlonli; a pan' ol revernely-dispoaed lim-shaped arma l'l, the long ineinhers ll ol whieh are seenred to the crean-head and ita rein.lol'ei1'ig'-hloel and a roller lh inning' its periphery eovered with lielt i-l or other resilient material, no the wallpaper will he I'oreed hy tho latter into any alight dinrireasions whieh may exist in the snriaee olI the wall.

liloller 13 in detaelnrhly ionrnnled upon StuhahaltaY 15, l'orinod integral with resilient ineinhern lli, whieh latter are lforlned integral with inenihers l2 the adjacent ends elI whieh are hent at right angles, as at lli, to engage the rear .aide oi hloel: il and prevent said ineinherS 12 lroni rotating' in staples lw, whereby they are seenred to the nndor lside ol the erosn head. 4tyarrz'meing and Sedan'ing arma l1 in this mzn'nier to the cross-head and its reinforcing-bloei( they will torni a reliahle lint resilient support lor the roller, so the latter will l'ollow any irree'nlaritien existing in the nnrlaee ol' the wall and also in order that the roller may he rernowd lor renewal olI its` `lelt Covering' when neoennary hy napi'iligingg; meer here iii outwardly nntil the stub-shafts are disengaged troni Said roller. ,lhe edge ol hlook Si, seen red to the a'ossliea(,l in beveled, and the socket therein extends at an ang-le, so that the iower portion olt handle il() will extend a convenient distance troni the wall when the roller is in Contact with the papel' being' pressed thereon.

ln practice the paper-hanger anpportr1 each Section olE wall-paper against the wall with holder L the handle ol' which latter he graaps with one hand. ,llandle lo is then grasped inthe other hand, and roller ifi is prosaed into eontaet with the ripper portion ol the paper and inox/'ed downwardly nntil Said paper adheres tothe walt 'vllhe nee olE the holder is then dispensed with, so that hoth hands may he employed in ,grraaping handle i0 to hotter operate the roller in prensing the paper into contact with the wall. l l' the roller Shel ild fail to prone any portion ol' the paper ap'ainnt the wall7 the curved anrlaee Si el: the wenn head may he used to adran'tago tor thin pnr pose.

,ln amilying the paper to the ceiling' nach piece is engaged near its central portion b v both the holder l and the cross-head S, which latter are held about eighteen inches apart in order that the section of paper supported thereby may be readily matched with the piece previously applied to the ceilinO'. Then while the paper is supported with holder l roller 13 is pushed outwardly toward the adjacentend of the paper, at the same time being held in contact with the latter in order to press it against the eeilino. The holder is then removed and the remaining end of the paper is pushed toward the opposite end of the ceiling with the roller.

From the above description it is apparent that l have produced an apparatus well adapted for the purpose intended, and while Vl have shown the preferred form of the invention l or' course reserve the right to make such changes as properly lfall within the scope oi' the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a device of the character described, a cross-head provided with a curved surface, a reinforcing-block having a beveled edge secured to the central portion of the cross-head and provided with a centrally-disposed inclined socket, a handle, one end or' which eX- tends into the socket, arms secured to the cross-head and provided at their forwardlyprojecting ends with inwardly-turned stubshafts, and a roller journaled upon said stubshafts.

2. In a device of the character described, a cross-head, a reinforcing-block secured to the central portion of the cross-head and provided with a centrally-disposed socket, a handle, one end of which lits into the socket, resilient arms secured to the cross-head and its reinforcingblock, stub-shafts formed integral with the spring-arms, and a roller detachahly journaled upon said stub-shafts.

A device or' the character described, consisting' of a cross-head, a reinforcing-block secured tothe central portion or' the cross-head and provided with a centrally-disposed socket, a handle, one end of which tits into the socket, reversely-disposed arms secured to the crosshead and its reinforcing-block provided with resilient members and stu b-shat`ts, and a roller detaehably journaled upon said stub-shafts.

In testimony whereof l afdx'nny signature in the presence oiC two witnesses.

ROBERT STHVELL.

ifitnesses:

Amon CANAvAN, V. D. Peau-BUR. 

